The challenges of economic reforms and social policy, effective governance and credible citizen participation are issues that simultaneously occupy Cuba’s public agenda. They have been there for many years now, but the implementation of meaningful responses has been too slow, partial or absent altogether. Too much time has been lost and we are seeing the consequences. This publication brings together a set of wide-ranging analyses of the issues at stake written by scholars from different disciplines and under the lens of different approaches; a team made up of both experienced and early-career researchers from both inside and outside the island.